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Royal Wedding: In Photos

This morning, Prince William, the second in line for the British throne, married Catherine Middleton in an ornate ceremony at London's Westminster Abbey. The service was led by the Archbishop of Canterbury and attended by 1,900 guests, including foreign royal family members and heads of state. Thousands of well wishers from around the world also flocked to London to witness the spectacle and pageantry.

Reverend Richard Chartres, Lord Bishop of London (left), reads from the pulpit during the wedding service for Prince William and Kate Middleton at London's Westminster Abbey on Friday, April 29, 2011.
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At a wedding-watching party at the Londoner Pub in Dallas, Texas, Peter Wright of Birmingham, England, wipes tears from his eyes as he watches Prince William and Kate Middleton exchange vows at London's Westminster Abbey on Friday, April 29, 2011. "It's emotional, but I break down watching the movie ET," said Wright.
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Their Royal Highnesses Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, make the journey by carriage procession to Buckingham Palace following their marriage at Westminster Abbey on April 29, 2011.
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Britain's Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip return to Buckingham Palace along the procession route in a Semi-State Landau after the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton at Westminster Abbey on April 29, 2011.
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Their Royal Highnesses Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, make the journey by carriage procession to Buckingham Palace following their marriage at Westminster Abbey on April 29, 2011.
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Their Royal Highnesses Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, make the journey by carriage procession to Buckingham Palace following their marriage at Westminster Abbey on April 29, 2011.
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Police officers line up in front of the crowds as they wait for Britain's Prince William and his wife Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, to appear on the balcony of Buckingham Palace after their wedding on April 29, 2011.
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Well wishers crowd outside the gates of Buckingham Palace in front of the Victoria Memorial as they celebrate the royal wedding of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, on April 29, 2011.
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Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, meets Governor Generals and Prime Ministers of the Commonwealth at Buckingham Palace, following her wedding to Britain's Prince William at Westminster Abbey on Friday, April 29, 2011.
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Maria Guerrero, wearing a face mask of Kate Middleton, dances on April 29, 2011, as she watches the royal wedding on a big screen in Clapham Common, an open space in South London that has been largely turned into a campsite to accommodate revelers for three nights.
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